Ashoka News

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
05/13/14
Editor's Note: This post was written by Henry F. De Sio (@henrydesio), Leadership Group Member at Ashoka, where he advocates a new framework for next generation youth innovators....

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
05/08/14
Editor’s Note: This article was written by Rukmini Banerjee of Ashoka’s Empathy Initiative.
On April 28th, Ashoka, in collaboration with the World Faiths Development Dialogue, the Berkley Center for...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
04/21/14
Editor's Note: This article was written by Elizabeth Ferruelo who contributes to Ashoka's blog on Forbes.com.
International volunteering evokes images of the Peace Corps. That more than 1,000...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
04/15/14
(Learn more about the ASN Global Summit in Paris June 12-14, 2014 and register here.)
How do we overcome cultural, economic, and geographic barriers to create large-scale social change? What does...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
04/02/14
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Ashoka's "Change in the Making" Forbes blog and is a part of a series of Inventior-Entrepreneur stories brought to you in partnership with the ...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/24/14
Editor's Note: This post was written by Mark Cheng, Director of Ashoka UK and Ashoka’s senior advisor on social finance and first appeared on Ashoka's Forbes.com blog "Change in the Making".
How do...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/21/14
Editor's Note: Gonzalo Muñoz, Ashoka fellow, son of Ximena Abogabir also an Ashoka fellow shared the following as a speech to an audience of media, business, public and citizen leaders.
“The...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/11/14
David Bornstein and Bill Drayton speak about the future of social entrepreneurship at the New York offices of Liquidnet on Thursday, November 29, 2012. Sponsored by Liquidnet For Good, the Centre for...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/10/14
From 2001 to 2011 the number of nonprofits in the US increased 25 percent whereas the number of for profit businesses grew only one half of one percent. During this period our sector also way...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/07/14
March 8th is international women's day and we commemorate the day by sharing some of the stories great women changmakers we celebrated throughout the year. We are proud that more than 40% of our Ashoka...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/06/14
Diana Wells, Ashoka President recently sat down for an interview at the Department of State to share why she believes change is possible.
"What we find to be the biggest barrier in changemaking is that...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
03/05/14
"Today’s environment is full of challenges, innovation is more critical than ever, and education and universities should be ground zero. When I talk to students who want to change the world, I talk about...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
02/28/14
When a lunar eclipse obscured Indonesia in darkness, a teenaged Tri Mumpuni saw things clearly: she saw a world in which nature impacted all living things, and where communities, societies, and the natural...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
02/24/14
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Ashoka's "Change in the Making" Forbes blog and is a part of a series of Inventior-Entrepreneur stories brought to you in partnership with the ...

Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on
02/14/14
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Ashoka's "Change in the Making" Forbes blog and is a part of a series of Inventior-Entrepreneur stories brought to you in partnership with the Lemelson...